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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people sit in the mourners' bench during Miss Arbuckle's funeral?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. What township is the Sweet Singer from?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Flatrock.
(c) French.
(d) Sycamore.

3. How did Russell's mother die?
(a) Drowned.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Runaway horse.
(d) Giving birth to Lloyd.

4. What railyard does Russell plan to go to after leaving Montezuma for the Dakotas?
(a) Monon.
(b) Elkhart.
(c) Avon.
(d) Hammond.

5. When Tansy comes to Russell and Lloyd's room the night after the fire, what word is she disappointed Lloyd could not spell?
(a) Derision.
(b) Cower.
(c) Expectorate.
(d) Beseech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is Russell given to spell on the first day of school during Spelling School?

2. What do Russell and his father do on Saturday in Chapter 13?

3. How old does Russell believe Pearl Nearing is on the first day of school?

4. Where does Russell think the way that Tansy figured out how to get Aunt Fanny Hamline out of the ditch should be studied?

5. What does Flopears use to pump water into to put out the privy fire?

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